Nearly 1 in 5 people have a sexually transmitted infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In an article published in the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases, CDC researchers found that 67.6 million people had an STI at any point in 2018. Additionally, 26.2 million newly acquired infections occurred in 2018.
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